Selections from: Carmen ; Cavalleria rusticana ; Cinderella ; Otello ; Le nozze di Figaro ; Carousel ; La Boheme ; La forza del destino ; Die Fledermaus ; Rigoletto ; Tosca ; Porgy and Bess ; Turandot ; Don Giovanni

Item

Record ID

488

Identifier

79501

Genre

Opera

Work Title

Selections from: Carmen ; Cavalleria rusticana ; Cinderella ; Otello ; Le nozze di Figaro ; Carousel ; La Boheme ; La forza del destino ; Die Fledermaus ; Rigoletto ; Tosca ; Porgy and Bess ; Turandot ; Don Giovanni

Uniform Title

Carmen. Selections ; Cavalleria rusticana. Selections ; Cenrentola. Selections ; Otello. Selections ; Nozze di Figaro. Selections ; Carousel. Selections ; Boheme. Selections ; Forza del destino. Selections ; Fledermaus. Selections ; Rigoletto. Selections ; Tosca. Selections ; Porgy and Bess. Selections ; Turandot. Selections

Program/Series Title

Metropolitan Opera jamboree

Work Alternate Titles

The marriage of Figaro ; La cenrentola ; Il barbiere di Siviglia ; The bat

Composer

Bizet ; Mascagni ; Rossini ; Verdi ; Mozart ; Puccini ; Rodgers ; Strauss, Johann ; Gershwin

Production Year

1953

Transmission/Release Date

4/6/53

Transmission/Release Year

1953

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

Radio and TV simulcast ; ABC

Conductor/Music Director

Cleva, Fausto ; Rudolf, Max

Orchestra

ABC Symphony Orchestra

Soloists

Blanche Thebom ; Richard Tucker ; George London ; Leontyne Price ; Salvatore Baccaloni ; Llicia Albanese ; Mario Del Monaco ; Lucine Amara ; Brian Sullivan ; Roberta Peters ; Eugene Conley ; Frank Valentino ;

Participants

Milton Cross ; Deems Taylor ; Howard Dietz (Masters of Ceromonies). George A. Sloan (guest)

TV/Film Director

Marshall, William ; Diskin, Marshall

Stage Director

Gutman, John

Production Company

The Metropolitan Opera ; ABC

Executive Producer

Souvaine, Henry

Technical Information

Lve simulcast from Ritz Theater, New York City.

Other Information

Fund raising program of arias, duets, and scenes. The one hour TV program was simulcast over the ABC radio network and some ABC network television stations. The final half hour was only on radio.

Duration

ca. 60'

Company

Metropolitan Opera

Sourcemat

PRINTCAT